Fat loss and insulin sensitivity

[ademyster]

I just wanted to ask if and how lowering my body fat percentage could improve my insulin sensitivity? I'm currently sitting in the high 20s and find I react badly to carbohydrates (sleepy after meals and hungry soon after eating). Has anyone here experienced an improvement after dropping body fat into the healthy range?

Thanks in advance

Will rep good answers

[sdunn96]

Doing IF (LeanGains protocol) helped me I believe in this area.....

[nosirrahx]

In Feb of this year I was 370 with several type 2 symptoms including insane carb cravings followed by needing a nap. I was getting upwards of 5 naps a day back then. If I didn't go to bed I would fall asleep anyway sitting, even while driving it happened a few times (got very lucky that nothing bad happened).

Today I am a whole new person and I am only half way to a healthy weight. I don't have those cravings anymore and I sleep when I want to sleep and my sleep quality is fantastic.

There are many reasons to get into shape and if this is the one for you that gets you started then go for it. It does not matter why you start, only that you do and that you work consistently at it.

[dmacdonal9]

Yeah, the more fat you have, the more insulin resistant you tend to be. All other things being equal, losing fat does quite a bit to improve it.

The answer as to exactly how it happens involves some pretty dry reading. Hit up google scholar with a search term like "lipoprotein lipase adipose insulin resistance" if you're interested.

Gaining muscle also helps. Skeletal muscle tissue is the biggest "consumer" of glucose in the body, and the more you have, the better off you'll be in terms of blood glucose disposal.

Arguably, glucose disposal is actually what's at work when you feel sluggish after eating carbs, and insulin resistance is just a part of what drives that.

[nosirrahx]

I should also add that I noticed something when I was just starting my journey. If I ate a bit too much sugar and ended up feeling like crap because of it I could hit the weights and that terrible feeling would simply go away.

[ademyster]

Thanks guys that's very reassuring I have repped who I could, two of you are are on spread :-)